Concealed pistol mounting

ABSTRACT

A pistol mounting, adaptable for fastening about the forearm by means of attached straps, with compression spring propelled means to snap the pistol, attached to said mounting, into the wearer&#39;&#39;s hand for immediate use of the pistol. The entire device may be concealed inside the arm sleeve of a security guard or nonuniformed attendant so as to avoid alarming the general public when the pistol is in the stored position attached to the forearm.

Elite States Patent [191 Deckard 5] Feb. 26, 1974 CONCEALED PISTOL MOUNTING [75] Inventor: Emmett S. Deckard, Corpus Christi,

Tex.

[73] Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization,

Inc., New York, N.Y. a part interest [22] Filed: Mar. 29, 1972 [21] Appl. No.: 239,294

[52] US. Cl. 42/1 K [51] Int. Cl. F4lc 27/00 [58] Field of Search 42/1 K [56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,314,951 9/1919 Drews 42/1 K 1,906,870 5/1933 Palla 42/1 K Glass et al 42/] K FOREIGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS 377,879 6/1923 Germany 42/1 K Primary Examiner-Benjamin A. Borchelt Assistant ExaminerC. T. Jordan Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Howard I Podell [5 7] ABSTRACT A pistol mounting, adaptable for fastening about the forearm by means of attached straps, with compression spring propelled means to snap the pistol, attached to said mounting, into the wearers hand for immediate use of the pistol. The entire device may be concealed inside the arm sleeve of a security guard or non-uniformed attendant so as to avoid alarming the general public when the pistol is in the stored position attached to the forearm.

1 Claim, 4 Drawing Figures 1 CONCEALED PISTOL MOUNTING SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The increase in violent crimes, such as armed robbery and the hijacking of airplanes has required the presence of non-uniformed armed security guards in locations which where the presence of a visible holster and pistol would disclose the identity of the security guard as well as serve to alarm the general public.

Armed crimes have been frequently reported in which a criminal has seized the pistol from the holster of an unwitting guard, and used that pistol to commit an additional crime.

It is an object of this invention to enable security personnel to conceal a pistol in the sleeve of their forearm, and yet to have the pistol instantly available for use, should the situation so warrant.

It is a further object of this invention to enable a security guard to conveniently store his pistol in a ready location about his person, and yet be secure that the pistol may not be removed by third parties.

This invention relates to a mounting for a pistol which is attachable by straps about a forearm, with said pistol being stored when not in use in the forearm area and preferably under a coat sleeve. The mounting is powered by a pair of compression coil springs mounted around two rods strapped to the wearers forearm. The coil springs bear against a latched sliding member fastened to the pistol so that the release of a latch enables said coil springs to immediately propel the mounted pistol forward, and into the hand of the wearer.

An advantage of this invention, is that the pistol is always firmly fixed to the mounting, in both the stored and the released modes, so that the pistol cannot be unwittingly released from the person of the wearer.

A further advantage of this device is its simple and light weight construction.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING The objects and features of the invention may be understood with reference to the following detailed description of an illustrative embodiment of the invention, taken together with the accompanying drawing in which:

FIG. 1 is a front view of the device in the released mode;

FIG. 2 is a partial front view of the mechanism; and

FIG. 3 is a partial side view and cross-section of the latching means.

FIG. 4 is a cross-section of the device taken at line 44 of FIG. 1.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT:

Turning now descriptively to the drawing, in which similar reference characters denote similar elements throughout the several views, FIG. 1 illustrates the pistol l1, fastened at the butt 16 to extension 17 of the mounting unit 10.

Mounting unit is fastened to the forearm 26 of the wearer by means of straps 13 and 14, and consists of slide member which rides on the two rods 18 which are strapped to the wearers forearm 26. Compression coil springs 19, mounted on rods 18, act to force slide member 20 into the released mode shown in FIG. 1 with the pistol l 1 located adjacent to the hand 12 of the user, and slide member 20 being restrained by stop 22 from further outward travel.

As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, slide member 20 compresses coil springs 19 in the stored mode. Slide member 20 is latched by pivotable cam 32 which is held by torsion spring 34 against the lip of opening 33 in the base of slide member 20. A string 30 or other tension member fastened through eyes 31 to pivotable cam 32 extends to the hand 12 of the wearer. Tension applied to said string 30 serves to release pivotable cam 32 from latched engagement with slide member 20 permitting the pressure of compression springs 19 to propel the pistol 11 from the stored position adjacent to the forearm 26 of the wearer, to the use position adjacent to his hand 12.

As shown in FIG. 4, two semi-tubular bushings 21 of slide member 20 ride over the strapped rods 18. Slot 25 in the semi-tubular bushings 21 clears the strap mountings 27 which serve to fasten straps 13 and 14 to rods 18.

Since obvious changes may be made in the specific embodiment of the invention described herein, it is indicated that all matter contained herein is intended as illustrative and not as limiting in scope.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

l. A mounting, one member of which is adaptable to be attached to a butt of a pistol, said mounting having strap means for fastening about a users forearm with spring means to force the attached pistol into a position adjacent to a wearers hand, and

latching means to restrain said spring means so as to permit said pistol and attached member to rest in a position adjacent to the forearm of the wearer, with a tension member fastened to said latching means, such that pulling on the tension member, by the wearer, serves to release said latching means, resulting in the movement of said attached pistol from the stored position adjacent to the forearm of the wearer to the use position adjacent to the hand of the wearer, in which the pistol attachable member is integrally fastened to a sliding member, said sliding member loosely fitting over two parallel rods which may be strapped to the arm of the wearer, with a compressed coil spring wrapped around each such rod, said coil springs bearing against the sliding member and against a stop fastened to each said rod, such that each said coil spring acts to force the sliding member to move in a direction parallel to the axis of the rods when the sliding member is in the unlatched position, with the latching means bearing against the sliding member at a location on the sliding member midway between the two parallel rods upon which the sliding member is mounted. 

1. A mounting, one member of which is adaptable to be attached to a butt of a pistol, said mounting having strap means for fastening about a user''s forearm with spring means to force the attached pistol into a position adjacent to a wearer''s hand, and latching means to restrain said spring means so as to permit said pistol and attached member to rest in a position adjacent to the forearm of the wearer, with a tension member fastened to said latching means, such that pulling on the tension member, by the wearer, serves to release said latching means, resulting in the movement of said attached pistol from the stored position adjacent to the forearm of the wearer to the use position adjacent to the hand of the wearer, in which the pistol attachable member is integrally fastened to a sliding member, said sliding member loosely fitting over two parallel rods which may be strapped to the arm of the wearer, with a compressed coil spring wrapped around each such rod, said coil springs bearing against the sliding member and against a stop fastened to each said rod, such that each said coil spring acts to force the sliding member to move in a direction parallel to the axis of the rods when the sliding member is in the unlatched position, with the latching means bearing against the sliding member at a location on the sliding member midway between the two parallel rods upon which the sliding member is mounted. 